English Versions of Roman Satire in the Earlier Eighteenth CenturyThis book discusses Imitations of the ancient Roman verse satirists Horace, Juvenal, and Perseus published in Britain in the first half of the eighteenth century. It endeavors to put major writers such as Alexander Pope and Samuel Johnson in the context of lesser writers of the period. It also devotes attention to other canonical writers such as Jonathan Swift, Henry Fielding, and Christopher Smart. |
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... Moral Materials very suitable , I am sure , to your present Misfortunes . I could heartily have wish'd , you had no Occa- sion for the least of them : And to Convince you , that the Subject was not enter'd upon as a matter Pleasant in ...
... Moral Materials very suitable , I am sure , to your present Misfortunes . I could heartily have wish'd , you had no Occa- sion for the least of them : And to Convince you , that the Subject was not enter'd upon as a matter Pleasant in ...
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... morality into the saturnalia of a character like Toland's . Here as in the Letter of Thanks it must have thrilled the harsh censor to find himself operating in the free , uncontrolled , irresponsible personal- ity of a man he detested ...
... morality into the saturnalia of a character like Toland's . Here as in the Letter of Thanks it must have thrilled the harsh censor to find himself operating in the free , uncontrolled , irresponsible personal- ity of a man he detested ...
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... moral that peaceful obscurity is preferable to the excitements of greatness . Here the situation is reversed . According to Horace , Philippus , the famous lawyer , was making his way home from the Forum at the eighth hour ( which would ...
... moral that peaceful obscurity is preferable to the excitements of greatness . Here the situation is reversed . According to Horace , Philippus , the famous lawyer , was making his way home from the Forum at the eighth hour ( which would ...
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Contents
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Imitators Imitating Swift Imitating Horace | 53 |
Alexander Popes Earlier Imitations of Horace | 64 |
Responses to Popes Earlier Imitations | 85 |
Pope and Horace The Later Period | 102 |
Imitations of Roman Satire in the Later 1730s | 136 |
The Imitation from 1740 to 1750 | 169 |
Conclusion | 212 |
Appendix | 223 |
Notes | 228 |
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English Versions of Roman Satire in the Earlier Eighteenth Century William Kupersmith No preview available - 2007 |
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